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Revolutionary Lessons and Internationalism from Below (with The Peoples Want)

Sun, 17 May 2026 05:35:57 GMT

Here's our recent chat with two members of The Peoples Want Network, an attempt to build an Internationalist movement from below and to the left. For this chat, Rindala and Doxie speak about sharing lessons from movements and uprisings of the recent past from around the world among participants and ....

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The Religious Function of Whiteness and Mass Criminalization in the US (with Andrew Krinks)

Sun, 10 May 2026 18:54:43 GMT

This week, we’re sharing an interview with Andrew Krinks , author of White Property, Black Trespass: Racial Capitalism and the Religious Function of Mass Criminalization from NYU Press, 2024. For the chat, we speak about taking a theological lens to the question of what ties exclusive private prop....

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Vicky Osterweil on Disney, Intellectual Property and Storytelling

Sun, 03 May 2026 14:26:02 GMT

This week, we’re featuring a recent, live interview that I did at Firestorm books with Vicky Osterweil, anarchist writer and worker, author of In Defense of Looting and more recently The Extended Universe: How Disney Killed The Movies and Took Over the World (Haymarket, 2026)....

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Dr. Terence Keel on U.S. Deaths in Custody and Public Accountability

Tue, 28 Apr 2026 17:37:12 GMT

This week, we’re sharing this interview with Dr. Terence Keel, author of The Coroner’s Silence: Death Records and the Hidden Victims of Police Violence (Beacon Press, 2025). We speak about the book, the BioCritical Studies Lab that Dr....

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Hybachi LeMar Shares Some Thoughts + Updates On Xinachtli

Sun, 19 Apr 2026 15:28:04 GMT

This week, we’re sharing two segments: the main feature is an interview with the recently released anarchist organizer and writer Hybachi LeMar; but first up you’ll hear Aarohi of the Xinachtli Freedom Campaign about the elder political prisoner’s medical condition and the phone zaps to pressu....

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The Life and Ideas of Johann Most (with Tom Goyens)

Sun, 12 Apr 2026 20:02:19 GMT

An interview with Tom Goyens , professor of history at Salisbury University and author of Johann Most: Life of a Radical , out last year from University of Illinois Press speaking about the life and times of the atheist and propagandist (notably through his journal, Freiheit ) and his development fr....

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ABC Dresden on deBanking and US Anti-Antifascist Pressure

Sun, 05 Apr 2026 13:18:36 GMT

This week, we’re sharing a conversation with Nina at Anarchist Black Cross Dresden to speak about the political landscape in Germany, the Antifa Ost and Budapest Komplex cases and the impacts on anti-repression work in Germany since the Trump administration’s declaration that a group they’re c....

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Out Here For Them: Updates As Prairieland Federal Trial Ends

Mon, 30 Mar 2026 00:49:37 GMT

This week we spoke with AC and E, two members of the DFW Support Committee about the recently finished federal trial for 9 defendants in the terrorism case around the Prairieland Detention Center noise demo in July of 2025....

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Homeless Organizing in Oakland and the Wood Street Movie

Sun, 22 Mar 2026 17:49:20 GMT

This week on The Final Straw Radio, we’re featuring an interview with three participants in the feature length documentary Wood Street, about the community that formed in a parking lot at 1707 Wood Street in Oakland....

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The US-Israeli War with Iran Spreads, Nuclear Weapons, Lebanon and Anti-Imperial Solidarity (with Elia Ayoub)

Sun, 15 Mar 2026 14:26:19 GMT

This week, we’re sharing our interview with Elia Ayoub, an anti-authoritarian historian and essayist originally from Lebanon, co-founder of From The Periphery media collective, co-host of The Fire These Times podcast and many more things....

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Why Is Asheville's Buncombe County Jail Full of People?

Sun, 08 Mar 2026 16:47:40 GMT

This week, we’re sharing an interview with Julie and Jeremy, two anarchists and participants in the Asheville Community Bail Fund. We speak about the US system of pre-trial incarceration aka bail and bond, the work of the bail fund locally, the overcrowding of the Buncombe County Jail here in Ashe....

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Immigration Detention, Low Intensity Warfare and Popular Resistance to the Ubiquitous Border

Sun, 01 Mar 2026 18:33:58 GMT

This week, you’ll hear from Juan and Fatima, who people who’ve been organizing and thinking about the southern US border for a long time to speak about the escalations in border force violence and kidnappings by ICE and CBP around the US (including Minneapolis where Fatima resides), an explosion....

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Rayhunter with Cooper Quintin plus deBanking the Movement in Germany

Sun, 22 Feb 2026 21:11:49 GMT

This week, we’re sharing two segments. First up, a chat with Cooper Quintin , a senior staff technologist at the Electronic Frontier Foundation and developer of the Rayhunter. Rayhunter is open-source firmware to turn specific hotspots into IMSI-catcher, effectively scanning for and logging any si....

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Death To The Dictator: Uprising and Repression in Iran (with Anarchism Perspective)

Sun, 15 Feb 2026 17:56:19 GMT

This week, an interview with Aryanum, a member of the Persian-language anarchist group Anarchism Perspective , based in Iran and Afghanistan. Anarchism Perspective is a synthesist anarchist group based mostly in the region that organizes solidarity and resistance as well as publishing writings at An....

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Rojava Revolution In Peril: a perspective from Tekoşîna Anarşîst and a voice in Qamişlo

Sun, 08 Feb 2026 15:15:26 GMT

This week we’re sharing two interviews related to ongoing conflicts between the Syrian transitional government alongside the Turkish backed so-called Syrian National Army militia, which has overlaps with ISIS on one side and the Syrian Democratic Forces and the communities of the Democratic Autono....

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Being The Right Best Person: A Conversation with Donna Mae in Minneapolis

Sun, 01 Feb 2026 14:48:56 GMT

This week, we spoke with Donna Mae, a longtime resident of Minneapolis and registered nurse working mostly with people who are unsheltered and use injection drugs. Donna lives in a neighborhood of the city that has had very heavy ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) and CBP (Customs and Border ....

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Science, Radical Realism, and Anarchy (with William Gillis)

Sun, 25 Jan 2026 13:56:20 GMT

This week, we’re sharing an interview with Will Gillis, author of the recently published book Did The Science Wars Take Place: The Political and Ethical Stakes of Radical Realism , published via C4SS where Gillis holds the position as The Voltairine de Cleyre Chair in Centrifugal Studies and techn....

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Ketino of the Black Rose Federation on Anarchism, Anti-Imperialism and Internationalism

Sun, 18 Jan 2026 17:47:33 GMT

This week on The Final Straw Radio, we’re featuring a conversation with our guest, Ketino, to speak about Especifist anarchism and anarchist approaches at anti-Imperialism. Ketino is a member of the Tampa, Florida branch of the Black Rose / Rosa Negra Anarchist Federation and they grew up in Cuba....

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Anarchists At War in Spain, Myanmar and Rojava (with James Stout)

Mon, 12 Jan 2026 01:00:26 GMT

This week, we’re pre-releasing an interview with James Stout on his upcoming AK Press book: Against The State: Anarchists and Comrades at War in Spain, Myanmar, and Rojava , due out early January. You may recognize James as a contributor to the Cool Zone podcast It Could Happen Here (including the....

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The Political Repression and Resistance of Eloxochitlán de Flores Magón, Oaxaca

Sun, 04 Jan 2026 14:29:13 GMT

This week, an interview we just conducted with Madeleine Wattenbarger and Axel Hernández of the Cooperativa de Periodismo in Mexico and Ambar Ruiz of Radio Zapote about the case of autonomous resistance and repression in the Mazateca community of Eloxochitlán de Flores Magón in Oaxaca, Mexico, so....

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Black Arms To Hold You Up (with Ben Passmore)

Sun, 28 Dec 2025 18:12:44 GMT

First up, Ian talks with Philadelphia-based cartoonist Ben Passmore about his new book, Black Arms to Hold You Up: A History of Black Resistance . They discuss the research and making of the book, Passmores anarchism, the themes of inter-generational struggle, contextualizing history through lived e....

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Leila Al-Shami with Updates from Syria + The Peoples Want

Sun, 21 Dec 2025 14:53:51 GMT

This week, we’re sharing a recent chat with Leila Al-Shami , co-author of Burning Country: Syrians in Revolution and War and host of Syria: The Inconvenient Revolution Podcast , to give us an assessment and update on situations in Syria since our last episodes on the subject, as well as an introdu....

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Michael DeForge on Art and Organizing + Xinacthli Medical Emergency

Sun, 14 Dec 2025 16:40:18 GMT

Michael DeForge This week we’re sharing Ian’s talk with cartoonist Michael DeForge about the intersection of organizing and art. The conversation touches on Michael’s recent organizing efforts in solidarity with Mskwaasin Agnew, who was among those detained by Israel as part of the Flotilla to....

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Signal Contingency Plan (Delta Chat with Fanny and Mary)

Sun, 07 Dec 2025 21:06:47 GMT

This week, an interview we did with a couple of smart friends about the question: what would those of us who rely on Signal encrypted messaging do if that service were disabled in the US. First up, all participants in this discussion agree that Signal is amazing and always getting better, so this is....

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Palestine Action Prisoner Hunger Strikes, Elbit Systems and UK Complicity In Gaza (with Francesca)

Sun, 30 Nov 2025 05:04:45 GMT

This week, we’re featuring two segments. First up, we’re joined by Francesca , a member of Prisoners For Palestine who is a former prisoner herself who speaks about Palestine Action, a group proscribed in the UK as a terrorist organization at the behest of the Israeli state and Israeli arms manu....

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Voices in Brazil for Radical Ecological Struggle (feat. Peter Gelderloos and Gah Te Iracema)

Sun, 23 Nov 2025 20:18:43 GMT

This week, we’re featuring three segments. Peter Gelderloos of Weaving Paths to Ecological Revolution First up, you’ll hear from anarchist and author Peter Gelderloos speaking about his ongoing trip to Brazil as a member of Weaving Paths to Ecological Revolution to listen to and network with ind....

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Updates on the Prairieland Case (with NLG and DFW Support Committee)

Sun, 16 Nov 2025 16:12:24 GMT

Updates on the Prairieland Case (with NLG and DFW Support Committee) This week, we’re featuring two interviews. First up, you’ll hear form Xavier de Janon, NLG Director of Mass Defense who’s worked on the Stop Cop City case and is currently also working on the DFW case where Federal and Texas ....

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Assessing The Israeli Ceasefire (with Abdaljawad Omar)

Sun, 09 Nov 2025 14:45:13 GMT

This week, we’re sharing two segments: a chat with Palestinian writer and assistant professor Abdaljawad Omar and a segment of the October 2025 B(A)D News with network participants discussing thinking through resisting the rise of fascism....

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Southerners Against Surveillance Systems and Infrastructure (with Ed)

Sun, 02 Nov 2025 15:59:57 GMT

Ed, co-founder of SASSI (Southerners Against Surveillance Systems & Infrastructure), speaks to The Final Straw Radio about the proliferation of surveillance infrastructure in the South (and more broadly in United States)....

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Palestine Solidarity at East End Co-Op in PGH + Antifascist September in Greece

Sun, 26 Oct 2025 13:49:10 GMT

This week, we’re featuring two segments. East End Co-Op Union + BDS First up, Ian talks to UE 667, organized workers at the East End Co-Op in Pittsburgh about the origins and goals of their organization and their divestment campaign to remove products from Israel from the shelves of their co-op....

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The "Gen Z" Uprising That Rocked The Nepalese State + 1st PGH Anarchist Book Fair

Sun, 19 Oct 2025 16:56:44 GMT

This week, the podcast has two segments (radio edition without "podcast" in title only has Nepal segment. Check our website for full version until it's posted here) Pittsburgh Anarchist Book Fair First up, you’ll hear a brief interview with M, an organizer of the first Pittsburgh anarchist book fa....

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Tariq D. Khan on Americanism and Red Scares

Sun, 12 Oct 2025 16:48:38 GMT

A conversation with Tariq D. Khan, author of The Republic Shall Be Kept Clean: How Settler Colonial Violence Shaped Antileft Repression , out from University of Illinois Press in 2023. In this conversation we talk about the connections between the anti-Indigenous motivations of the genocidal frontie....

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Signals Rising On DIY Radio Infrastructure

Sun, 05 Oct 2025 04:21:06 GMT

This week, an interview with members of Signals Rising , who provide education and support around radio technologies including meshtastic networks as alternative communications or in disaster relief scenarios....

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The Implications of Trumps War On Antifa (with Moira Meltzer-Cohen)

Sun, 28 Sep 2025 02:01:33 GMT

This week, we’re featuring two segments. First up, Moira Meltzer-Cohen, an lawyer with the National Lawyers Guild, speaks about the recent declarations of war by the Trump administration on anteefah, what has changed legally, what they might be telegraphing and smart ways to move forward in this t....

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Aaron Losty on Comics Composition and the Cartoonist Cooperative

Sun, 21 Sep 2025 17:57:19 GMT

This week, Ian talks with Cartoonist Aaron Losty about his new graphic novel, The Hanging , out now from Strangers Publishing. Among other topics, they discuss formative works, collaboration, and making genre comics for a small press audience....

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The End of the Atlanta Stop Cop City RICO 61 Case? (with Nolan Huber)

Sun, 14 Sep 2025 02:09:44 GMT

This week, we spoke with Nolan Huber of the Atlanta Community Press Collective about recent developments in the case of 61 people facing RICO indictments and other charges in relation to the movement to Stop Cop City, an urban police training center built in south Atlanta’s Weelaunee forest....

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Strengthening Resistance To DC Cop Surge Through Mutual Aid (with Remora House) + Manufacturing Consent in Greece

Sun, 07 Sep 2025 03:36:08 GMT

This week, we’re featuring an interview with Shannon, one half of the mutual aid project operating in Washington DC known as Remora House. For the hour we talk about Remora House, the impact on houseless and non-citizen communities has been impacted by the Trump Administration’s crack down and s....

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Militant Anarchist Experiences in the Antiglobalization Era

Sun, 31 Aug 2025 04:38:01 GMT

This week we’re sharing an interview with Tomas Rothaus, author of the recently publish memoir, Another W ar Is Possible: Militant Anarchist Experiences in the Antiglobalization Era , out this year from PM Press....

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Prisoner Support Panel Discussion

Sun, 24 Aug 2025 13:14:53 GMT

As we enter into the 2025 Week of Solidarity with Anarchist Prisoners , we’re sharing a discussion with three anarchists doing prisoner support in different national contexts, prompted by topics brought by the guests....

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2020 Uprising Prisoner Malik Muhammad Speaks from Snake River DC in Oregon

Sun, 17 Aug 2025 04:01:47 GMT

This week, we’re sharing a recent interview with anarchist prisoner Malik Muhammad . Malik is 3 years into a 10 year concurrent federal and Oregon sentence for alleged use of molotov cocktails during the 2020 uprising and is currently incarcerated at the Snake River Detention Facility, in the hole....

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International Solidarity and the 2025 Week of Solidarity With Anarchist Prisoners

Sun, 10 Aug 2025 04:03:35 GMT

This week, we’re sharing three segments. First up, you’ll hear Yara speaking about Solidarity International, a new initiative to support prisoner support and anti-repression work beyond borders initiated by various anarchist and anti-authoritarian groups networked together, including the Interna....

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Simplicity (WITH Mattie Lubchansky)

Sun, 03 Aug 2025 20:23:45 GMT

This week, Ian talks with cartoonist Mattie Lubchansky about her new book, Simplicity , out July 29 from Pantheon Graphic Library. The conversation touches on Mattie’s work as Associate Editor for The Nib, her history with comics, and her ambitions beyond the printed page, but mostly focuses....

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MUTUAL AID IN CA’S FIRE COUNTRY (WITH DANI BURLISON)

Sun, 27 Jul 2025 23:09:14 GMT

This week, we’re sharing this a chat with my friend, Dani Burlson on her recent book, Red Flag Warning: Mutual Aid and Survival in California’s Fire Country ! We speak about fire ecology, housing pressures and mutual aid in the wake of natural (and human caused) disaster....

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Labor Resistance on Vinyl (with Josh MacPhee + Kennedy Block)

Sun, 20 Jul 2025 04:04:53 GMT

This week, we’re sharing a recent interview with Kennedy Block and Josh MacPhee, editors of Strike While The Needle Is Hot: A Discography of Workers Revolt from Common Notions. We speak about audio strike records, their role, what they tell us about the struggles they cover or were produced to amp....

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DFW Support Committee, A Better World Bookfair + Save The UNCA Woods

Sun, 13 Jul 2025 14:47:40 GMT

This week on the podcast, we’re featuring three segments. First up, A member of DFW Support Committee, then organizers of the A Better World Bookfair in Waynesboro, VA and finally, organizers working to save the UNCA woods....

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Learning Together From Uprisings (InterRebellium with sub.Media)

Sun, 06 Jul 2025 04:05:56 GMT

This week, we're sharing an interview with Heatscore and Nuke of sub.Media about their new documentary series, InterRebellium. The first episode, entitled El Estallido Social about the social uprising that flared up in 2019 in lands controlled by the state of Chile featuring anarchist and Mapuche vo....

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Christian Nationalism, Apocalyptic Visions + Child Welfare (with Talia Lavin)

Sun, 29 Jun 2025 12:55:48 GMT

This week, we’re sharing an interview with Talia Lavin, author of Culture Warlords: My Journey into the Dark Web of White Supremacy . In this chat, we speak about her more recent book, Wild Faith: How the Christian Right is Taking Over America ....

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Rapid Responses To Immigration Raids + Homeless Sweeps in So Cal

Sun, 22 Jun 2025 04:16:59 GMT

This week on the show we feature an interview with two anarchists activists in southern California about the recent resistance to Federal-led immigration raids in Los Angeles and the wider region. Both guests speak about their experiences working in rapid response structures to immigration raids, to....

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Anarchism and Disability, plus A-Radio Segments

Sun, 15 Jun 2025 04:01:42 GMT

This week, we spoke with Richard Amm, a member of the Disability Action Resource Kollective , or DARK, which they describe as a disabled-led group working to make disability perspectives, history, and research more accessible to a general audience....

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A History of Anarchist Prisoner Support (with Matt Hart) + June 11, 2025

Sun, 08 Jun 2025 05:04:54 GMT

This week on the Final Straw Radio, we’re sharing an interview with Matt Hart of the Los Angeles Anarchist Black Cross chapter of the ABC Federation. We talk about the book Matt just released via PM Press, an expanded edition of Boris Yelensky’s history of anarchist prisoner support “Shadows I....

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